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Fast Company on Dean Campaign

Heath Row at Fast Company has some thoughtful comments on my posting about the FC article, "Joe Trippi's Killer App."

I'm with Ratcliffe in that it's not externally explicit to supporters or the public who Trippi is, but I don't think that's wholly the point. Sure, grassroots support would have emerged around Dean regardless of the campaign's recognition of such support, but it was a conscious leadership decision to harness such activity early and often. My take is that had the Dean campaign not embraced and in some ways centralized and blessed this grassroots support, the campaign -- or the fruits of the grassroots support -- would certainly not be where it is today.

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